Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): International Journal of Games and Social Impact

The International Journal of Games and Social Impact is a semiannual open-access publication for games research and critique on social change, inclusion, education and Human Rights. IJGSI was established in Lusófona University to research, discover, and foster links between games studies in academia and civil society through educational and knowledge exchanges.

This Journal is supported through Hei-Lab (https://hei-lab.ulusofona.pt/) and CICANT (https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/) research units as a strategy to foster multidisciplinary, fundamental, and applied research approaching the intersections between games and human activities.

This edition is dedicated to papers presented at the Leiriatalks, held on March 25, 2023, by LeiriaCon. The papers presented consubstantiate, in general, several themes related to the social impact of board games, approaching issues that include cognitive benefits, inclusive board games, 3D printing, and the of women in the community.